tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91294937776473160202024-03-13T08:09:38.726-07:00Explorations- a journey through second life and occasionally a few other virtual worlds.
Not sure where this is going to take me, but let's find out.
by Bear SilvershadeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-61127607173095685232014-05-04T12:15:00.000-07:002014-05-04T13:39:54.648-07:00The Bloggers' Exhibit at The Station<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to be in some special company today. A month ago, <a href="http://karasecondlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kara Trapdoor</a> asked me to be part of Steampunk Exhibition, otherwise known as The Bloggers' Exhibit, which she was planning for the Skywalk Gallery at <a href="secondlife://THE%2520STATION/182/122/1028" target="_blank">The Station</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kara’s idea was straightforward, and guaranteed to create an interesting exhibition. Gather ten bloggers and ask each to contribute two steampunk theme images, in keeping with the overall nature of the sim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to admit, considering the low output of my blogging, I feel like a bit of a piker in the crowd she has chosen, putting me alongside bloggers and artists like <a href="http://zikiquesti.blogspot.com/">Ziki Questi</a>, <a href="http://honourmcmillan.wordpress.com/">Honour McMillan</a>, <a href="http://brynoh.blogspot.com/">Bryn Oh</a>, <a href="http://pixelphasion4men.blogspot.com/">Bouncer Criss</a>, <a href="http://burlytigerpaw.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/burly-atthe-station.png">Burly Tigerpaw</a>, <a href="http://macabrebeauties.blogspot.ca/?zx=aee543faec8667de">DanteAmore Rossini</a>, <a href="http://slserendiptycreations.wordpress.com/">Kathy Nikolaidis</a>, <a href="http://sparkiecyberstarphotos.wordpress.com/">Sparkie Cyberstar</a>, and <a href="http://wiccamerlin.wordpress.com/">Wicca Merlin</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Several of the selected bloggers are truly artists in their own right and perhaps blogging is secondary for them,” said Kara in the release describing the show. I guess that’s me. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you might expect from 10 bloggers, the images cover a wide range of styles. For myself, I put together a new avatar, based on The Watchmaker's Brother from <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Watchmakers-Brother-SteamPunk-RobotAndroid-Avitar/2076053">The Secret Shelf</a> and some clothing help from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BlakOpal/128/128/23">Blakopal </a>and<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Urania/60/193/22"> Feyline Fashions</a> and set out exploring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The exhibit has a grand opening at 1 p.m. May 4 at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Station/182/122/1028">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Station/182/122/1028</a> with DJ Kate supplying the music… steampunk attire is suggested, but stovepipe hats will be provided free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The exhibit isn’t visible from the landing point, but is easily found by following the yellow arrows on the floor through the<i> Shadows in Black and White</i> exhibition, which is running concurrently, as is <i>Technochory </i>by Bryn Oh and Sina Souza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s a lot of art to take in,but when you are done, spare some time for the artistry of The Station itself. I’ve been lucky enough to count the builder, Enigmatic Deir, among my friends almost since I arrived in Second Life. His building skills amazed me then and still do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Station shows off both Enigmatic's eye for detail and sense of humour. It’s a highly detailed steampunk styled sim with many sights to see on multiple levels from the landing point in the sky to underwater and many things to play on and with:two clubs, a full carnival with bumper cars, roller coaster, ferris wheel, carousel, multiple game rooms, many couples private areas, underwater show area, freebies around the sim, trains, trolleys, human slingshot, human cannon, airships and gliders to ride and travel in, an impressive fun house and many more attractions<span style="line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-73524182084036688702014-04-10T00:27:00.000-07:002014-04-10T00:27:03.040-07:00Emergency Challenge<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found myself filling in as emergency host for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/slphotohunt/" target="_blank">Photohunt </a>challenge in Second Life tonight. So with only a few minutes to get set up, I took the crew to the first sim that popped into my mind: <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spencer%20Art%20Museum/57/36/21" target="_blank">A Petrovsky Flux</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gave them Solitude for a theme. This is my personal take on the same subject, though a little more modified than we allow in the contest.</span> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those that are wondering, Photohunt is a regular competition in Second Life. Participants are given a sim to work in and an hour to create the best image they can, with no outside modifications (unlike this image). Then we post them and vote to decide on the winners for that session. </span> </i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It all happens twice a week: Mondays at 11:30 a.m. SLT and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. SLT., starting from our gallery at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Taean/31/223/66" target="_blank">Taean</a>.</i></span></blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-24494886451695161522014-04-08T22:56:00.001-07:002014-04-08T22:56:29.996-07:00To the Noobs, to Make Much of Time<blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-- Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relaxing on the deck of Ad Astra (my <a href="http://trudeauyachts.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/new-york-new-york-a-helluva-boat/" target="_blank">NY-30, designed by Jacqueline Trudeau</a>) off the coast of <a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" target="_blank">Appleberry </a>in the Fruit Islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post is in response to <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246" target="_blank">+Strawberry Singh</a>'s latest blog challenge, <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2014/04/07/advice-second-life-newbies-challenge/" target="_blank"><i>Advice for Second Life Newbies</i></a>. I admit to having fun with the Herrick poem, but the advice is still good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <b><i>Don't waste a minute of your time in Second Life</i></b>. This world changes fast, so there is always something so much to see, so many people to meet and fun to have.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I thought this over, I realized that a lot of real life advice applies to Second Life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <b><i>Follow your passion</i></b>. Search out the things you love, you'll find them in SL, and you'll also find communities of people that share the same passions, whether that be sailing, flying, photography, fashion or... you name it.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there is advice that only applies to SL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <b><i>Denoob yourself. </i></b>There’s nothing wrong with being a noob, we all started out that way. But you don't have to stick with the basic avatar, especially when there are lots of businesses offering freebies for folks under 30 (days, that is), so you take advantage while you can.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start by getting yourself an animation override. <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/SEmotion/51/56/33" target="_blank">SEmotion </a>and <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Amacci/71/126/24/?title=AMACCI" target="_blank">Amacci </a>both offer nice ones. Then think about getting yourself dressed. Berry has a lot of great links on <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2011/08/04/second-life-newbie-resource" target="_blank">her SL newbie resource page</a>, but I would also recommend checking out <a href="http://fabfree.wordpress.com/fabfree-30-days-list/" target="_blank">Fabfree’s 30 days list</a>.</span></blockquote>
It's important to remember that there are very real people behind those avatars, but don't forget this is a virtual world.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <b><i>You can't be hurt.</i></b> If your parachute doesn't open when you are skydiving from 4000 metres, don't worry about it. Just dust yourself off and try again. Try lots of things, even if you are convinced you won't be any good at them - you might surprise yourself.</span></blockquote>
I don't know if my final word qualifies as advice or is just something to keep in mind. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <b><i>SL is about community</i></b>. This is shared experience on a big scale, but the virtual world is just a part of it. Dive in. SLifers are present in just about ever social every media you can name: Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Flickr and countless blogs.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So join us. And welcome.</span>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-29121267970222975672014-04-07T23:41:00.000-07:002014-04-07T23:41:03.948-07:00Single Frame Stories revisited<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Whiskey Monday and <a href="http://www.botgirl.com/" target="_blank">Botgirl Questi</a> put <a href="http://singleframestories.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Single Frame Stories</a> on hold a while back, but the website and all the images remain, including a few - too few - of mine.<br />
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Looking through the images from the 53 weeks of challenges, I thought, why not run through a few of them? So here is my new single frame for the first challenge, <i>Last Words</i>.<br />
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It's only about 20 months late. Next challenge is <i>Illumination</i>; let's see if I can get to that one a little quicker.</blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-1676568562828749182014-04-06T14:07:00.000-07:002014-04-06T14:07:17.885-07:00Flux in Flux<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I paid a visit to the ever-changing art sim, <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spencer%20Art%20Museum/57/36/21" target="_blank">A Petrovsky Flux</a> today. If you haven't already been inspired to by all the press it has got lately, well, why not?</blockquote>
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If somehow you have missed the press, I highly recommend checking out <a href="http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/keeping-great-sims-on-the-grid-is-not-linden-labs-responsibility-it-is-ours/" target="_blank">Prim Perfect</a> or <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/104686687704838339148" target="_blank">+Inara Pey</a>'s <a href="http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/petrovskys-future-in-flux/" target="_blank">Living in a Modemworld</a> for the current scoop.</blockquote>
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For some background on this incredible work, try the <a href="http://www2.ku.edu/~kunews/cgi-bin/spencers-second-life-island-draws-acclaim-for-a-petrovsky-flux" target="_blank">University of Kansas</a> or Honour MacMillan's <a href="http://honour-mcmillan.blogspot.ca/2010/11/second-life-petrovsky-flux-video.html" target="_blank">2010 article</a>.</blockquote>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-86418209328581243212014-03-21T19:44:00.000-07:002014-03-21T20:13:35.243-07:00Bright Lights/Dark Shadows<div>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YnL7YfIk3Og/UUdmZWAe9AI/AAAAAAAAEC0/_5FxD_3NYXE/s1600/0318+db+artopolis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YnL7YfIk3Og/UUdmZWAe9AI/AAAAAAAAEC0/_5FxD_3NYXE/s400/0318+db+artopolis.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">This isn't the first time I have exhibited with my partner Derry, but it is the first time we have done so on this scale and purposefully setting out to contrast our very different styles. </span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-0ffcc570-e798-608f-eb7e-24b74dec00e5"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Derry focuses on the colorful and brighter aspects of Second Life while I have a tendency to eliminate all color from my images (Okay, maybe "tendency" isn't quite the right word.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although our styles differ in the extreme, many of the images in this show were taken at the same time on the same sim as we explored Second Life together. (Though it might be a little hard to tell)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Derry's bright and colourful personality comes through in her images, which show her delight with whimsy and fun and the smallest details, though she also strives to make her images as realistic as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I love it when someone asks if the picture was taken in real life," she says (leaning over my shoulder to check on what I am writing about her.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bright Lights/DarkShadows opens at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 22 at Timamoon Arts with the eclectic Pippa Exonar singing jazz, blues, and even a few pop songs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the way, it is also a joint rezday party for us. Derry rezzed in seven years ago on March 21, and I am going to be four years old on March 23.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-34913521510532589962014-02-09T09:55:00.000-08:002014-02-09T09:56:24.736-08:00B&W Portrait Challenge<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've not blogged anything in a long, long while, but it wouldn't have been right for me not to get in on <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246" target="_blank">+Strawberry Singh</a>'s Black and White Portrait Challenge.Here's mine, but you can check out the other responses on her <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2014/02/03/black-white-portrait-challenge/" target="_blank">original blog post.</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-83487685482179128292013-10-28T22:00:00.000-07:002013-10-28T22:00:07.281-07:00Back InWorldz<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Naporia/155/22/32" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cracker's Run, Naporia</a></em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oct. 28: Spent some time visiting InWorldz again this morning, this time around Crooked Creek in the DanCoDi sim. It's kind of out of sight in my pics of this Mediterranean coastal resort, but there is a nice little mall kicking around behind the ridge in a neighbouring sim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quality of these builds is every bit as high as in Second Life, so there is lots to see. And while there are some glitches -- a few problems TPing and got sunk into the floor while editing my appearance -- it's come a long way since 2010 when I first rezzed in. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I rarely visit Inworldz, even though I've had an avatar there nearly as long as in Second Life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Truth be told, I have a bias against Inworldz, since my first experiences there were so poor. When I first rezzed in, I could walk hardly walk 10 steps without sinking into the ground and getting stuck. And unfortunately, it wasn't only me … later I discovered that some sims would set out dance and other pose balls at intervals to help you get unstuck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ll skip over the problems with finding shops to buy some decent bits and pieces to create an avatar. But the quality of many builds was also less than impressive, so there was little to draw me back. I couldn't understand why anyone went there, other than it seemed most Inworlders and those that talked it up had a huge hate on for SL.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But earlier today, I read <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246" target="_blank">+Strawberry Singh</a>'s blog about <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/10/27/inworldz-fresh-start/" target="_blank">20 SL designers opening up shop</a> in Inworldz and was intrigued enough to visit and explore for a bit. And I've got to admit, things have changed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builds are better, graphics and textures are better and it no longer feels like walking through mud to get around. As a matter of fact, some of the builds in the sailing area I visited were easily the equal of SL.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there is still the problem of people. Perhaps this new infusion of stores and creators will draw some in, but frankly, going to a VW where there is only 200 or so people in world time feels a bit desolate. </span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-11979a14-fbbd-403e-6f2d-9d0ece866543"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, the upshot is I won’t be leaving Second Life for Inworldz, though I may spend a little more time there exploring. Now, if I could only find a nice quality sailboat there….</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-15818559381382320192013-09-15T13:01:00.000-07:002013-09-15T13:07:20.468-07:00And a star to steer her by<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This particular post is in response to one of <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/104686687704838339148" target="_blank">+Inara Pey</a>'s "<a href="http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/for-the-few/" target="_blank">For the Few</a>," a homage to flight in Second Life. I decided to do the same for my favourite activity; Inara provided the inspiration, I provided the image and John Masefield provided the words: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And while not a tall ship, the <a href="http://trudeauyachts.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/patch-patched/" target="_blank">Patchogue II</a> from Jacquleine Trudeau, is certainly elegant enough to suit Masefield's "Sea Fever."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246" target="_blank">+Strawberry Singh</a>, the
mistress of windlight settings, wants to know how the rest of us use
windlight in our images in her latest <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/09/02/windlight-settings-challenge/" target="_blank">Monday meme</a>.</span></div>
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you use windlight while taking pictures?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> If not, why not? Sure. I
experiment with them a lot as well as having all the bells and
whistles turned on: advanced lighting, ambient occlusion and so on.
Usually though, I leave local lights turned off – I want to be in
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taking a closeup snapshot for a profile picture, which windlight
preset do you use most often?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> I don't often do portraits. I think my
profile pic is more than two years old (and really kind of sad - it was an experiment) I do shoot a lot of images of singers and
performers, but then, I usually follow the same pattern as when I am
doing landscapes - it's all about the mood.</span></span></strong></div>
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windlight presets do you use for full body portraits?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Pretty much the
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you do landscape photography, which windlights do you use for that
most often?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Ah, here we go! My final images are almost always in
black and white, so there are a few things going on in my head when I
am working. First is “what is this going to look like without
colour? So I tend to favour windlights that don't have strong colours
to begin with: It's gonna rain, Amsterdam, Dusty Bright. Mainly for
me, controlling the light is all about setting mood, so I am most
concerned with contrast, shadows, clouds and intensity of light. For
that, there is no substitute for just playing, especially with the
haze level.</span></span></strong></div>
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you have any tricks or tips that you could share for using Windlight
effectively?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Not really sure if this is a windlight tip, but one of the biggest
pains for me is spending 10 minutes experimenting and getting my
camera angle and windlight synced perfectly, only to move or hit
escape and bounce back to default. Pick up a copy of HUD CAM or the
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you created any windlights that you would be willing to share with
us?<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Unfortunately no. I experiment a lot and rarely use the same
settings twice. I can share a bit of advice I learned through RL
photography, though; try to previsualise how you want the final image
to look. Not so much in detail, but in terms of how the light will
convey the mood of the scene. Then work towards that image. Easy,
right?</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My take on +<a href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246">Strawberry Singh</a> 's latest Monday meme: Flat Rodvik. Seriously, this guy needs better clothes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Even if it is Rodvik, I am not going to be seen in public with him until he gets a decent outfit, so I took him to Deco to see if he could find something he liked. It's taking a while, though.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> Check out <a href="http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/07/29/flat-rodvik-linden-meme/">http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/07/29/flat-rodvik-linden-meme/</a> for more or Deco at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Friday/49/70/35.</span><br />
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But the SL Movie Poster challenge was right up my alley, especially since I just created a poster for myexhibition space at SL10B. So here it is... that film noir classic, "Journey of the Lonely Man."<br />
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Okay, yes, there is no such classic, but this is SL. I can imagine that I am living out a black and white art film if I like...<br />
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You can visit my site at SL10B at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Dazzle/237/153/22">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Dazzle/237/153/22</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-43817469754372538162013-05-05T18:08:00.000-07:002013-05-05T18:08:12.179-07:00ART! ON A HEDGE!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aye, that’s colour in my images. Pretty rare, but well, that’s Raglan Shire. Way to much colour and cheer to reduce to black and white easily.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the month of May, it’s going to be even more colourful as Raglan welcomes the grid for the seventh annual ArtWalk. From May 5 to the 26th, hedges throughout four sims of the Shire (set up especially for the event) will display 2D and 3D works of artists, big and small, beginners and top names, from around the grid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to ArtWalk director Teal Freenote, 130 artists preregistered to take part in the event. But the actual number of participants may not be known for a while yet. Zayn Till, magistrate of the shire, notes there were 117 artists pre-registered last year, but there 154 participants at the final count.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So give yourself some time. This isn't an exhibition you can cruise through in a few minutes, there is way too much to see.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ArtWalk has a long history. Zayn started it in 2007, not long after he founded the shire, in imitation of the RL ArtWalk in Seattle.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Kayak Kuu dances at the opening of ArtWalk 2013,<br /> with Seth Stratten resting in the background in front<br />of works by Derry McMahon.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s also got a history for me. ArtWalk 2011, about a year after I first rezzed in, was my introduction to the bright, lively, incredibly silly and talented tiny community and I have never looked back.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It was also the first time I exhibited my images in SL. That makes this the third year for me, a long way from being too shy to show my images to any but closest friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, besides Raglan, I have two other exhibitions running right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wharshaw/16/44/28" target="_blank">Runningbears Gallery</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has an exhibition of my SL landscapes and the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Manor/88/101/29" target="_blank">Rose Theatre & Art Gallery</a> has <b><i>Journey</i></b>, a series of my “Lonely Man” images in Gallery 5. Use the teleport next to the landing point if you don’t feel like wandering. But like Raglan, there is a lot to see, so take your time. <a href="http://quanlavender.blogspot.ca/2013/04/rose-gallery.html" target="_blank">Quan Lavender </a>recently did a write up of the extent of the galleries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Raglan, you might want to start at the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/99/189/23" target="_blank">Acorn Stage</a>; that’s where my work is hanging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raglan Shire: <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/99/189/23">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/99/189/23</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Runningbears Gallery: <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wharshaw/16/44/28">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wharshaw/16/44/28</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Rose Theatre & Gallery: <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Manor/88/101/29">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Manor/88/101/29</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are you looking for a way to put off doing something? Because Strawberry Singh has issued another challenge/meme.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not usually much of a joiner, but this one comes on the heels of Berry’s Seven SL facts about me meme and she offers good reasons for starting it: she’s nosy and she is trying to get everyone to procrastinate like her. </span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And since I can’t resist the temptation to put off writing a story, well, let’s just say it’s all Berry’s fault I got no work done this morning. Copy the questions yourself, and put something important off.</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What is the rez date for your current SL Avatar that you use most often?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bear Silvershade — March 22, 2010?</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Where was the first place you made friends as a newb and got to know people in Second Life?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That would have to be the Buddha Centre. I am a buddhist in RL, so I finally wandered in there to attend a ceremony after wandering around for a few days without talking a lot to people — Hey, I am shy. They were very welcoming people, and still are.</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Where do you spend most of your SL time now?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t think there is one particular location, since I spend most of my time sailing or exploring. Probably either my home in Fruit Islands or my studio/workshop at Artropolis.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Who is your closest friend in Second Life? (only pick one)</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh, that’s not fair to just pick one - lots of good friends, but my partner, Derry McMahon, has to rate as closest.</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What is the most favorite thing in your inventory? (only pick one) </i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That great black duster mesh coat I picked up from Deco.</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The last thing you purchased in Second Life?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rain. Aye, you read that right. The Best Rain. Cool stuff and very realistic. </span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What color clothing does your avatar wear most often?</i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black. Grey. </span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Do you prefer to walk, run or fly?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I generally walk. Flying all the time seems unrealistic, though I prefer that to running when I am in a hurry.</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in SL?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does friending Crap Mariner count? Turns out that’s not so crazy, so I’m not really sure what counts as crazy in a virtual world - maybe the time I armed myself with a teddy bear shooter and joined the Tinys in a battle against the Orks?</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Who would you like to play YOU, in the movie of your SLife?</i></span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Humphrey Bogart. Or perhaps Cary Grant. No, Bogart. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I was pleased to read in <a href="http://honourmcmillan.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/sprinting-through-van-goghs-countryside-in-second-life/">Honour MacMillan’s column</a> earlier this week that the recreation of van Gogh’s Arles was back up, though it no longer resides on the Arles sim. It’s a build I have visited many times, but I've never felt that I have explored it as well as I should have, so I was glad for another chance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new build at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Arles/128/128/23">Torell Nederland</a>, a sim devoted to arts and culture, is well worth exploring. While it would be near impossible to recreate the sights and sounds that van Gogh experienced, Mudpuddle Cleanslate’s re-creations gives us a taste of what he might have seen and experienced as he walked through the town and countryside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was very young when I was first exposed to van Gogh, through a movie documenting his life. At that age, the themes of his troubled mind and instability went way over my head. His art went over my head too. Let’s face it, my experience of art was pretty limited at the time - I remember getting an A for a sculpture out of macaroni and spaghetti in Grade 4 art class, but that’s about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the movie stuck with movie through the years, this portrayal of an artist, so filled with passion that it exploded into his work. That memory never went away, even though my own personal tastes turned to photography and another great and passionate artist, Edward Weston. It wasn't until later that I rediscovered van Gogh, when I got to see one of his paintings -- The Starry Night -- in person for the first time and was struck by the intensity of the work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mudpuddle seems to suffer from a similar fascination - as it was in Arles, the new sim is dotted by his recreations of van Gogh's paintings, complete with a copy of the original on an easel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like both originals, the new Arles is well worth a visit. But pack a picnic basket and take your time to explore and let the ambiance wash over you.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-53449901877954129792013-03-14T07:11:00.000-07:002013-03-17T17:43:21.588-07:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The March 13 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/slphotohunt/" target="_blank">Photohunt </a>took us to<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/HappyMood/87/91/22" target="_blank"> Happy Mood</a>, and its associated sims, <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BeHappy/185/78/22" target="_blank">Be Happy</a> and <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cadenza/96/228/22" target="_blank">Cadenza</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've visited the sims before, so I took the opportunity to relax and experiment a little in this feature rich environment. Happy Mood is also home to HPMD, where you can purchase your own copies of Sasaya Kayo's detailed creations, the lush plants and animals decorating the sim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I fought my tendency to look for sweeping vistas; instead, I concentrated on details, which these sims have in abundance, and experimented with different ways of looking at them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the rules of the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/slphotohunt/" target="_blank">Photohunt </a>challenge is that the image you enter can't be manipulated after the fact, so no true B&W images for me; I do manage, through careful windlight settings, to often present a more limited palette of colours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But for this week's entry, since I was experimenting, I decided to go with both full on colour and the theme we were given of "soft." I found this bit of cotton candy in the sky above <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cadenza/96/228/22" target="_blank">Cadenza</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photohunt challenge takes place twice a week: Monday at 11:30 a.m. SLT and Wednesday at 6 p.m. SLT, starting from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Afar/176/167/2667" target="_blank">our gallery at Afar</a>.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456066032689362223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129493777647316020.post-83439094205042049552013-03-12T18:53:00.002-07:002013-03-14T07:10:31.124-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">My Seven SL Facts Meme</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I liked <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116984572652030094246" target="_blank">+Strawberry Singh</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115819778092491442501" target="_blank">+Laurence Simon</a>'s (Crap Mariner) Seven SL Facts so well that I decided to jump aboard the meme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I moored the Windshadow at <a href="http://my%20seven%20sl%20facts%20meme/" target="_blank">Tromp </a>and relaxed while I gave it some thought.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1)</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bear is my RL nickname - at least it’s the only one I admit to. When I signed up for SL, I was surprised that I actually had to choose a name for my avatar. I would have used my RL name, except all the last names for Steve were used up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2)</b> I am perfectly capable of seeing colour, I just don’t want to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3)</b> In SL, I have so many sailboats that I have been accused of trying to keep Jacqueline Trudeau in business single-handed. The only time I have ever sailed a boat in RL was when I was a boy scout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4)</b> I get nervous whenever my inventory exceeds 6,000 items. That’s not a typo: 6,000, not 60,000. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5)</b> Speaking of typos, I can’t type two words in local chat without making three typos. And yes, I write for a living in RL. I consider myself job security for proofreaders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6)</b> My favourite colour is black. And it is so a colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>7)</b> I do not say “aboot.” The last letter of the alphabet is pronounced zed.</span></div>
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